"A Whole New You" is the tenth and final episode of the first season of 9-1-1. It was written by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Tim Minear and directed by Bradley Buecker. It aired on March 21, 2018.
Synopsis[]
The first responders take calls to help an unusual domestic disturbance, a "death" at a psychic's and a horrific motorcycle crash. Meanwhile, Bobby dips his toe into the dating pool, Abby takes a walk down memory lane, Buck is confronted by his past actions and Athena tries to start her new life.[2]
Full Synopsis[]
Abby's voice narrates her thoughts after Patricia's death with extreme and profound impact. She and Buck attend the funeral among many others, and workers carry Patricia's items out of Abby's house, restoring its dining room. Abby eventually breaks down crying in Buck's arms.
The 9-1-1 dispatch center recieves two calls on the same location from a husband and wife, both of which claim each other insane. Athena is the first to arrive and cuffs David since they don't know what is really going on. He insists Diane was acting abnormally and not him, though the police usher him away. Athena gets Diane to open the door and notices hiccups as well as the British accent, but she can't figure out why is she having her symptoms after waking at 9. The 118 units also arrive with police reinforcements. Bobby and Chimney decide to attend to David's head injury as he denies the police comments, advising them to check on Diane first. Chimney points out the wounds are minor and he could handle them easily. Athena and Diane watch as the latter makes unusual comments such as asking bobbies (slang for British Police) to press charges. As she assumed there were no anomalies, David mentions to Athena that Diane is actually not British. He adds that her voice has changed since this morning and was spamming British slang everywhere. Diane paniced when David tried to seek medical assistance, and he dialed the emergency services. From that, Athena deduces Diane had a stroke, and Bobby confirms this as well. He then suspects a clot obstructing her brain's oxygen supply, resulting in mental symptoms. As Athena throws more questions, Bobby cites the brain as a relatively enigmatic realm and he can't explain it either. Chimney gives her a TPA shot and they take her to the hospital. Before the crew leaves, Bobby suggests David to thank Athena, not them.
Buck and Carla are sorting through Patricia's legacy in Abby's place while she discusses with her brother Matthew in the distance. Buck was surprised to discover a newspaper clipping that Abby was on the Olympic Swim Team and goes off to grab a frame for it. Abby tries to refute Matthew's claims of Buck's presence but was given away by other items as they read the clipping.
Bobby repeatedly tries to take selfies in the station's bathroom until someone knocks on the door. He suddenly closes his PC when he finds Chimney and Hen walking upstairs, drawing their curiosity. Buck joins, and as Chimney snatches the PC, they discover Bobby was setting up a dating profile on RomancingTheUniform.com, where Chimney met Tatiana initially. Bobby then tells them it's an idea from his sponsor so he'd have something else other than work and isolation. Hen supports his decision, though Bobby isn't confident, and Buck criticizes Bobby's profile as mundane before he laughs at the hilariously unassuming details. Chimney protests and takes the PC again, but everyone had to agree that Buck's advice is valid on account of his relationship with Abby. Just then, a woman named Alyssia arrives and accuses Buck of ghosting her, then slaps him and leaves everyone in confusion. The team doesn't believe Buck's claim that he never knew her, despite his claims, though the interactions are cut short when the station goes out on another call.
Athena and Michael prepare the whole family, packing pool supplies, and May denies Michael the right to customize her hair, to his annoyance. They didn't feel any need to discuss Athena and Michael's separation anymore, so the children depart. Athena admits she doesn't see anything wrong with Glenn, Michael's lover, but rather about Harry and May staying somewhere else. Michael convinces her to accept this reality before he follows them out as well, leaving Athena alone and pondering.
At another emergency, Chimney and Hen discuss about how she cheated on Karen as their relationship comes under serious fire and she struggles to overcome the conflict. Initially Chimney claims Karen will have to work with this fact and believe Hen still loves her, though Hen doesn't think herself was genuine anymore if she went off with another woman. The conversation ends when they stop ahead of a Psychic Reading building where they discover a man, Lyle, being taken away by the coroners as he cannot exhibit any vital signs and is presumed dead, despite being alive and well. They move over to the Psychic who claims Lyle wasn't supposed to die with that extreme lifeline. While checking on her, Chimney tells Hen a mistake doesn't really matter that much because of how they are made, though Hen clarifies it was an intentional choice. Since she was still agitated, she declines the Psychic's request to check her palm as her gloves are on anyway.
Carla and Abby discover Patricia's empty passport, as she never travelled despite her ambitions. She assures Carla she is fine, then hands over Patricia's earrings as a souvenir, which she gratefully accepts.
At the morgue, Lyle was still conscious but can't move a muscle and watches as he is labelled by a marker. As a surgeon prepares to slice him open, Lyle finally regains control of his body and grabs the surgeon, who faints and cuts himself with an electric blade. Lyle frantically searches around and takes the surgeon's cell phone to dial for emergency services. Hen and Chimney enter the room, where Lyle grabs their attention and notifies them about the improvised gauze. Hen and Chimney attend to the surgeon, finding the cut deep but no arteries severed and proceed to handle it as the surgeon comes to his senses and yells in pain. Chimney then checks on Lyle, who mentions he has narcolepsy and cataplexy, this time being the third occurrence. He turns down Chimney's advice on making things obvious, though, as it helps him value life more.
Hen finds Karen in the Bristol Farms parking lot, who wasn't exactly happy with the encounter. Karen claims she was too busy to pick up any of Hen's calls. Though Hen still buys some time to apologize, Karen isn't in the mood for it, and leaves in her vehicle.
Buck and Abby have another date where they briefly discuss on Buck moving into her place and Matthew's opinion on him, as well as him supporting her over the recent events. Suddenly another girl he ghosted, Daphne, confronts him, though he continually denies these acts. After Buck was splashed by Daphne, Abby was too confused and disgusted, so she departs, as Buck remains puzzled.
Kenny shops for an optimal motorcycle in his 50th birthday, discussing various facts with an employee such as irresponsibility, his paranoid wife and how he might not use the bike for too long before it becomes unsafe for him. He had promised his son Ethan that he would ride one home. He takes his eyes on an outfit, and then asks for a red counterpart of his choice. Distracted by a blonde driver in a blue sedan, he was broadsided by a black pickup. As one of the firefighters responding to the call, Bobby encounters Athena who claims Kenny wouldn't live long as he was literally torn in half. Bobby theorized Kenny survived the impact with the helmet, but the circulatory system will drain all of his blood. As he lays dying, Bobby grabs his phone when it rings and tearfully watches as Kenny speaks to Ethan one last time before he dies. An officer takes the phone over and instructs Ethan to get his mother Meg online. Finally losing his composure, Bobby takes a seat on the sidewalk and is joined by Athena who tries to console him, mentioning the personnel working here right now wouldn't forget the incident easily. When she asks if there is anything else she could do, Bobby decides they could go somewhere together.
An agitated Buck returns and initially mistakes Chimney as the impostor, who dismisses the claim, joking he would rather be the culprit. Chimney points out Buck should have updated his relationship status on Myspace, as another angry girl named Brandy was chased away by Chimney at the firehouse before he came in. Buck reveals to Chimney he never used Myspace and the avatar was actually stolen from his Facebook profile, with many incorrect facts on him such as liking Star Wars Prequels. Chimney assumes Buck's reputation did gain him a hostile impostor of some sort, but doesn't think it is too much of an issue still as he literally sits there and girls come to him. As Abby was terrified, Buck retorts and swears revenge, knowing the later this gets done the more trouble he is in. Chimney suggests they could trace the IP of the perpetrator to find the real address and confront the culprit, ending this once and for all.
Bobby takes Athena to church, where she reveals she's a Baptist and therefore only attends once per week, whereas Bobby attends three or four times to pray, especially when he's involved in a serious incident. They start casually chatting, and later on pray together.
Chimney and a vengeful Buck discover the address in an abandoned trailer but were unable to gain access, with the windows also obstructed. Chimney spots a huge swarm of flies and immediately summons coroners. They enter, and discover the culprit already deceased. Chimney assumes it was a heart attack and Buck somehow takes pity for how things turned out since the bloated corpse was there for 10 days. Chimney tells him even Park Managers have not seen him for the recent two years and gets curious when Buck starts sympathizing, as unlike how Buck sought meaningless sex previously, this person probably didn't even have the nerve to leave. The girls that assumed he was Buck were therefore effectively ghosted when the culprit died and the real Buck remained oblivious. The attending coroner mentions the rarity of such cases, speculating the time of death to be around ten days ago. He doesn't know a proper way to get the corpse out without destroying part of the trailer or dragging it away. Buck refuses any additional media attention when he spots the authorities failing to keep the crowd under control, and insists there may be a way for a body bag to work. The coroner claims it would take hours and Buck stands up. Chimney fears he might attack, though Buck just snatches a knife and stabs the corpse. The result convinces the coroner it would indeed be tedious, though Buck goes with it anyway, citing a lack of urgency providing them the necessary time. With assistance from other coroners, Buck and Chimney equip themselves with appropriate gear and gradually remove the disgusting fluid from the corpse, although they are still splashed at times. Buck's plan is successful, and as the corpse is loaded, he thanks the coroner for cooperation, while earning Chimney's respect.
At Abby's place, Buck finally gets the disclosure she needed and they kiss. He noticed that Abby was preparing to travel abroad, to fulfill Patricia's incomplete wishes and to express herself. She admits Buck has changed her along with everyone else, but she has to go. Buck proclaims his mixed feelings and they embrace.
Bobby surprises Chimney with an elegant suit for a date, dumbfounding Chimney who is still in disbelief, giving a brief speculation. He advises Bobby to get rid of the tie as he resembled a lawyer this way. Bobby appears enlightened, even though Chimney finds him nervous. After Chimney departs, Bobby puts his tie back in the room and disposes of his handbook in the trash can as Abby's monologue plays. Hen convinces Karen to move back into their residence, while Chimney spends the night watching soccer with his friends. Buck bids Abby farewell at the airport, whist Bobby greets Athena for their date.
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- After Athena Grant comforted Bobby Nash at the scene of the motorcycle accident, they went on a date and then began dating in secret
- This is the final episode in the series that credits Connie Britton (Abigail Clark) as a main cast member. She would later reappear in a guest starring role for the final two episodes of Season Three. Her role as a dispatcher would be succeeded by Jennifer Love Hewitt (Maddie Buckley), who joined the main cast in Season Two.
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| Song | Artist | Timestamp* | Storyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Ride To Live, Live To Ride" | Twisted Sister | Man rides his new, red motorcycle. | |
| "Shake It Out" | Florence + the Machine | At the end, Buck says goodbye to Abby and kisses her at the airport. | |
*Timestamps are rounded to the minute.
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